Turntable

Turntable (HMD0T)

Location: Scranton, PA 18503 Lackawanna County
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Country: United States of America
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N 41° 24.443', W 75° 40.268'

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The hub of the roadhouse complex was the turntable. From here, tracks radiated like spokes into each roundhouse stall.

Engines returning to the roundhouse for maintenance rolled through a narrow two-track passage onto the turntable. An operator inside the control cab rotated the turntable bridge to align with the tracks leading to the assigned stall.

The locomotive with its tender entered head first so that the smokestack was positioned under the ceiling flues. To leave the roundhouse, the procedure was reversed.
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HM NumberHMD0T
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Placed BySteamtown Nataionl Historic Site - National Park Service
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Date Added Sunday, October 19th, 2014 at 2:23pm PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)18T E 443905 N 4584199
Decimal Degrees41.40738333, -75.67113333
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 41° 24.443', W 75° 40.268'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds41° 24' 26.58" N, 75° 40' 16.08" W
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Area Code(s)570
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 150 S Washington Ave, Scranton PA 18503, US
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